Wing Lee Street

永利街

2010-04-22

"The row of old tenement buildings which were built in the 1950s was originally included in the URA H19 Development Scheme Plan in 2007. The planning intention is to comprehensively redevelop the area for urban and environmental improvement. These buildings were not graded buildings by the AMO. Although these buildings were considered having no historical nor architectural merits by the AMO, URA considers the terrace fronting these buildings should be preserved. Thus in the original redevelopment proposal prepared by URA, although these old buildings were to be redeveloped, they would be rebuilt to the same height and proportion to respect the significance and character of the Wing Lee 'Terrace'.

In 2010, a local movie was filmed at Wing Lee Street (WLS) to mimic an old community in Sham Shui Po. This award winning movie has arose call from some concern groups to preserve all the buildings on WLS in-situ. In respond to the public aspiration, the Town Planning Board in 2011 excised all the building on WLS from the URA H19 Development Scheme but rezoned it as a separate CDA site." -- Urban Renewal Authority website

Central and Western

Hong Kong Island

Lat Long (22.283450, 114.149680)

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Master #: 2010-019

Call No.: DS796.H775 W54